News Review
Compiled by Stacey Shipton and Edison Bartolome
11 OCTOBER 2024 ausdoc . com . au
Snapshot
Number of GPs
16,900 in 1984
26,600 in 2023 ( up 57 %)
Non-GP specialists
10,400 in 1984
44,300 in 2023 ( up 325 %)
High school students aged 12-15 who had smoked in the previous week
1984 Vegemite was the first product to be electronically scanned at a checkout at Woolworths in Chullora , NSW . One 5g serving contains 8 % of your recommended sodium intake .
Health under the microscope
THEN & NOW
Medicare rebate for standard consultation
$ 11.67 in 1984 $ 42.85 in 2024
GP national bulk-billing rate
1984
45 %
Annual cost of a medical degree $ 0 in 1984
80 %
2024
77 %
$ 12,720 in 2023 ( fees were reintroduced in 1989 )
Five-year relative survival from all cancers
20 % 1984 17 % 1993 11 % 2002 3 % 2014 2 % 2023
1984 Holden Commodore VK
$ 120,000 on carsales . com . au in 2024
70 %
60 %
50 %
1984 1994 2004 2014 2020
Unleaded petrol was introduced in 1985 . In the 70 years before leaded petrol was finally banned in Australia in 2002 , 240,000 tonnes of lead had been released into the environment .
References available on request